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Proper Ways to Dispose of Spam?

Posted by Cliff on from the let's-stop-wasting-bandwidth-on-useless-bounces dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "My domain name is being stolen by spammers; they forge outgoing mail using my poor innocent domain name. First, I'd like to plead with mail server administrators out there: please REJECT spam and undeliverable mail. If you reject instead of bouncing then legitimate mail senders will still know there is a problem. Second, do you have any tips for dealing with a flood of spam bounces? Exim is pitching the bounces pretty quickly, but my server is still getting overwhelmed." In the case of stolen sender addresses, SPF attempts to address this problem but has it been effective?

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  1. Proper disposal of spam by gentimjs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Either call the EPA and get them to declare a superfund site in your compost pile, or use it as fuel in home-brew nuclear fusion experiments. The end results will likely be simmilar. I'm told its also a good substitute for bathroom grout.

  2. Easy by JamesP · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Two big guys and a baseball bat

    Oh, you mean SPAM, I read that as spammer...

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    how long until /. fixes commenting on Chrome?
  3. Disposing spam... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If I haven't eaten it...

    [Please insert wow ur fat joke here.]

    I put the spam into the trash, tie the top of the trash bag, and throw trash bag into the dumpster outside. I don't know what the fuss is about disposing spam. Spam is spam. :P

  4. How I dispose of spam.,.. by Lord_Slepnir · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You'll need a dog. I simply feed him my excess cans of spam. If you're dealing with spam e-mail, then simply print out the spam, and use it to paper train the dog after it's gorged on Spiced HAM.

  5. No Bounces by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Eaaasssyyy. Just set your MX record to 127.0.0.1!

    You will never get a bounce.